Design Team Lead Engineer

• Monday to Friday
• 38.5hrs per week
• £55,000 per annum
• Permanent

Job Details:

• Design, development and support of power and control circuits, both digital and analog
• Team lead
• Sprint project planning with daily stand-ups for the Design team
• Communicating design strategies to assist with product development and goals
• Prepares and presents proposals and solutions to other members of the Design team and project stakeholders at design reviews
• Provide technical support, know how and guidance to the Design team
• Training and development plans for team members
• New product implementation as part of the Design Team
• Research of electronics and power circuits
• Understand product requirements and implementation of these in the product and application, whilst understanding commercial and business requirements
• Follow departmental processes relating to management of designs and also the company-wide new product development processes.
• Working through product life cycle, from schematic, layout, proof of concept, supply chain, tests, approvals to product delivery
• Provide expertise on the customer application to guide the design process.
• Collaborate with and support leading experts and academics in the company Knowledge Transfer Partnerships
• Support of existing products, understanding life cycle and MTBF, managing hardware/firmware issues whilst involves working closely with the customer (internal or external)
• Apply problem solving techniques
• Projects may require interfacing with third party products and dealing directly with sub-contractor design teams.
• Overseeing development of firmware and software for the existing and next generation of charge controls, actively applying newer technologies and frameworks to futureproof solutions and internal capability
• Use logic and mathematical modelling approach for product simulation
• Deliver against quality standards throughout the application, process and product delivery
• Ensure all relevant safety regulations are met in design activities/areas, including actively reporting near misses.
• Attends training as required, develop skills and knowledge keeping up to date with latest technology.
• Work with Design and project teams for project planning
• Provide technical training on new products to all key departments, e.g. Service, System Test, Production, Engineering and Sales.

Requirements:

• Degree in Power Electronics, Embedded Electronics, Embedded Systems or equivalent
• Experienced in hardware system design
• Schematic and PCB layout (OrCad).
• Use of electrical test equipment such as PSU’s, Load banks, DMM/DVM, oscilloscope/analysers, signal/function generators.
• Creative and methodical approach to design and test.
• Analytical approach to fault finding.
• Use of software IDEs, development boards and emulators to assist with embedded programming an advantage.
• Microsoft Office products including Outlook, OneNote, Word, Excel and Teams/SharePoint.
• Agile management, including JIRA, would be an advantage
• 123 Insight knowledge an advantage.

Benefits:

• Enhanced pension (legal requirement is 9% on a 5/4% split between employee and PB. We split it 4.5% each)
• Enhanced holiday leave – 33 days holiday plus 1 extra day for each 5 years service
• Death in Service insurance
• Partner profit share
• Employment referral scheme
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Tech Scheme (same principles as Cycle to work but working with Curry’s)
• Flexible working
• 38.5 hour weeks – overtime paid at 1.5 rate.
• Onsite parking
• Company events
• Uniform provided
• Frequent wellbeing activities
• Mental Health First Aiders on site
• Regular charity work
• Career development opportunities
• Cashback health plan – including private GP service, Employee Assistance Programme, and shopping discounts
• Christmas Party every year